Adjustable garment



April 2 M. WEINER- ET AL 1,709,508

ADJUSTABLE GARMENT 1 Filed Aug. 28, 1926 nusn czr's Patented Apr. 16,.1929. v N TED STATE MORRIS WEINER ADJUSTABLE GARMENT. Y

Application filed August 28, 1926. Serial No. 132,276.

The .object of thisinvention is to provide a garment having anadjustable waist band of an improved construction, the same representingan improvement over that shown in our prior Reissue Patent Number16,179. It is a :further object of this invention to provide garmentsknown as knickers with adjustable waist bands and adjustable ordinaryunadjustable trousers.-

In our. improved construction the portion, 7 .is not sewed tothe rearportion'2 for its entire length but only upto the. point/6- which isapproximatelyat the .hips of the.

I together at '11.

knee bandsboth of our improved construction. The attainment ofthese andfurtherf objects Will'be apparent from the accompanying s )ecificationtaken in conjunction with the rawings Y forming a .part thereof.Referrmginow to the drawings, Fig. 1

is a View ofa garment showing a preferred strip 7, made of the-samematerial as are the trousers,and to which the rear portion of "theliningof the pocketis attached (not shown) and-to which is also attachedthe rear portion 2. The above construction thus far described is theusualconstructionr in wearer. At 6, between the forward and rear partsof the trousers 1s lntroduced a gore consisting of a single piece ofmaterial ,8,

sewed to the rear portion at 9 and to the front portion 1 and theportion 't', at 10.- The portion 8 extends to the waist band andconsists of a triangular piece of material the apex of which mayberemoved form a trapezoid and the edges On the outside of the waistbandispro- V vided at the rear a hook 12 and at the front a number ofeyelets'13, to any one of which the hook may be attached. The waistbandmay be adjusted inlength byattaching the hook to different: eyeletsQ "Asimilar con 7 struction is providedon each side of the garsimilar to"those 7 purpose. embodiment of our invention; F1gs..2 and like.

at that point sewed i, able band-continuous on the outside of the"garment atthe place of adjustment of theband, front and rear leg formingportions AND eEonGE WEINER, or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS? SAID ,ivionnrsWEINERASSIGNOR TO SAID GEORGE s. wsmna.

ment to give th'e proper. adjustment while maintaining the. frontportion centered.

At the lower end ofthe garment an adis a continuous loop ofmateriallarge enough toallow the foot 'to'pass therethrough. At

the lower 'aartof' the trousers is introduced I atriangular ortrapezoidalpiece of-material e18 similarto the strip 8. introducedabove.

This piece of material is sewed to; the rear portion2 at 193ml to thefront portion 1 at. I

I On the outside of. the knee band is fastened a hook 12 ands0nie-eyele'ts13 It is to. be noted while in theadjust; mefut ofthe'waist line the rear-portion folds forward overlapping'the front portion,the

above and for a similar opposite is true'at theknee. This construc-"tion at the waist line allowsthe hand an ilnobstructed entrance at thepocket, while at the knee it is desirable to fold the forward portionbackward tofallow more freedom of "theleg in a forward direction inobstructed places, s

uch' as amongst shrubbery and the a The modification shown in Figs4 and5 differs from that shownin Figs. 1 and 2 1 in. that 'the'portion 8while. similar to 8 in shape is however integral with the rear portion 2rather than being a separate piece. The fastening means is alsodifferent. In this constructionthere, is provided a small narrow belt 12and a button. hole through j I 9O which the belt is passed. On thebinnerside ofjthe garment thereis provided anumber of butto1'1s33 to whieh'thebelt is secured in. adjustable relationship, 7 V a 7 In compliance withthe requirements of thestatutes we have herein described apreferredembodiment of our invention; We'do nothowever wish to be limited to thepre cise construction set forth, the same being shown for illustrativepurposes only.

7 What we claim as new and desire to'secure Letters Patent upon s: V

1. .A pair of trousersincluding anadjustterminating at the band a shortdistance" apart, a triangular gore. termmatmg along the band'betweensaid front and rear por-' tionsand sewed tolone of said portions, and1neans for adjusting the band by ,folding less than all ofgthe bandportion at the gore.

2. A pair of trousers including an adjust able band, front and Irear legforming portions, a triangular gore of suiting materialsewed along oneof its three sides to said band between said front and rear portions theother two sides of the gore joinin said portions, said portionsbeing-sewed to eachthe side,thereof,"a,triangular gore having two sidesofequal length between said port1onsone of sa1d sidesfbeing sewed to thefront portion the other to they rear portion,

the third sideiof the gore being approxi= mately equal in lengthto theother two, a bandterminating said portions, said third.

side of thegore being sewed to the band,

'saidband being adjustably foldable at the gore, "and means for securingthe band in "any oneofa plurality of positions.

4. A garment including a an adjustable band,' front 1 and rear garmentportions ing at said band a ,short distance apart, at the sid'e ofthewearer, a triangular gore sewed along an entire one ofits" sides to saidhand between said portions, said band bemg continuous at said gore, theother two sides of the gore j oining said frontand rear por-- tions,said band beingadjustable by folding the same at the gore, and means onthe outsideofthe garment for holding the band in any one of a pluralityof adjusted positions.

5. A garment including i an adjustable waist band, front and reargarment portions sewed'to the waist band, said portions terminating' atsaid band a short distanee apart and at the sides of the garment,two-sub stantially equilateral triangular gores sewed to saidbandbetween said'front and rear; portions, one of said goresbeing on theright hand side of theweareryand the other on the ,leift fh and' side,said band being'continuous at said Jgores, said band being] adjustable;by foldingthe same at eachof. said go res, whereby the front of thegarment is maintained' centered, and-meansat each of the sides ofqthegarmentior holding "the band in any one of a plurality of adjustedpositions. i

In testimonyr lwhereof wehave'hereunto affixed our signatures; sewed tojsa1d band, said portions termmat- MORRIS w'E NERx GEORGE sewnmnng

